Our daughters

I am not a feminist. Not by any stretch of the imagination. I am, for all intense purposes, practical. I hope my parental approaches reflect that. I do however, think we need to encourage our daughters to be everything we tell our sons they can be. If my daughter grows up and decides she'd like to be a mechanic, well, you go girl! If she decides she'd like a career in welding, I'm sure her Poppa will be thrilled. The point is, teaching isn't just a woman's job, baking isn't just a woman's thing. Cooking, cleaning, raising children and running a household are not the only jobs for women. We have so many wonderful gifts and talents. We should share them with the world. I want my daughter to grow up knowing how to change oil and her tires. She shouldn't need a man to rescue her. There's nothing wrong with needing a man, she should just know how to do it if she needs to. Just like her brother should know how to clean a house, cook a meal, do laundry and the basics to running a household. Not because there will never be a woman that won't want to do those things for him but, because there won't always be a woman to do it. I fully plan on teaching both the men in my house to braid Teagan's hair. Just in case.